A recent spate of intentional fires in Lafayette do not appear to be connected.

Last week, the Lafayette Fire Department responded to an apartment in the 200 block of Duval Street. The resident was not home, and there were no injuries. Authorities said there was evidence of someone setting multiple fires inside the apartment.

About a day later, another fire happened in the 300 block of Morse Street. That fire was intentionally set in the home’s living room.

Alton Trahan, spokesman for the Lafayette Fire Department, said investigators believe the two incidents were unrelated.

Trahan said authorities suspect the fires were set by people the victims knew.

In both cases, Trahan said the victims recently had “disturbances” with other individuals.

“They are not connected at all,” Trahan said. “It just so happens that they have occurred so close together in terms of the timing.”

Investigators also are looking into a blaze last week at a vacant home at 229 Madison Street. Witnesses told authorities they saw someone running from the house shortly before it burst into flames. The house had been vacant for about three weeks.

“We’ve excluded any type of accidental fire because the utilities were turned off, the home was secured and we believe the front porch of the home is where the fire originated,” Trahan said.

Anyone with information on the fires is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 337-232-TIPS or the Lafayette Fire Department at 337-291-8716.